Northampton County's District Attorney continued his investigation into Easton's parking enforcement Monday by requesting the city send him a list of documents about the system he worries could violate illegal parkers' rights to due process.

John Morganelli forwarded a letter to Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr., solicitor William Murphy and Police Chief Carl Scalzo Monday requesting information about the city's parking ticket program, which eschews court rooms and puts the process of deciding the appeal or parking tickets in the hands of city police.

In December, Morganelli received a parking ticket in Easton and purposely didn't pay it to see if he'd be given an opportunity to appeal it in court. When no citation arrived, he wrote the city, questioning their system.

Easton agreed to cooperate with Morganelli, claiming it decriminalized its parking system about a year and a half ago, Panto said. Now violators don't appeal tickets to district courts; instead police officers review the tickets and decide their merit.

In his letter, Morganelli is requesting:

•Copies of all documents the city uses to enforce parking.

•A written outline of the city's appeal process and what action is taken when appeals fail.

•Ordinances, state statutes and relevant case law the city uses to enforce its parking ordinances, including information about the "legal authority relied upon with the respect to the ability of the City to impound and/or boot vehicles upon the conclusion of any appeal process."

•Ordinances that set fines and how fines can be increased if a violator doesn't pay.

Morganelli is requesting a meeting with the city after he reviews the documents.